This weekend's Third Communication and Installation was a great success. The events were all well attended and, I believe, very well done.I would like to thank all of the brothers who helped organize and execute the events of the weekend, as well as the brothers, family, and friends who attended. You all helped make the weekend a very festive and fraternal occasion.I would like to recognize, in particular, some of the brothers and friends of the Craft who made the Installation a particularly memorable occasion. While the list does not include all who bore a hand to make our Communication and related activities a success, these contributors were particularly generous and dedicated.Brothers Jose Boggio and Pablo Cordova, appointed Grand Lodge Photographers, worked the Installation, producing hundreds of excellent photos. Brother William Baumbach, of Cochran Lodge No. 271, A.F. & A.M., Grand Lodge of Virginia, also took hundreds of exceptional photographs. I expect several to appear on the Grand Lodge website and future issues of the Voice of Freemasonry.Right Worshipful Brother George Stoklas, our newly installed Grand Treasurer, and his lovely wife Peggy, entertained scores of visiting brothers well into the wee hours at the Hospitality Suite. I greatly appreciate their dedication to the event and am impressed by their ability to forgo sleep for an entire weekend.

The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the District of Columbia and the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons who, through their delegation, Most Excellent Companions Marcus Trelaine and Edmund D. Harrison, presented the Grand Lodge with a handsome medallion.

The National Grand Lodge of Romania who, through their delegation, Right Worshipful Brothers Catalin Tohaneanu and Bogdan Murarescu, presented the Grand Lodge with a collection of first day of issue postage commemorating Freemasonry in Romania.

The Grand Lodge of Azerbaijan who, through their delegation, Right Worshipful Brother Aras Kazaz, presented the Grand Lodge with a hand mirror elegantly mounted in silver.

The Grand Lodge of Armenia who, through their delegation, Most Worshipful Brothers Armen Simonian, Gilbert Stepanian, and Right Worshipful Brother David Akopian, presented the Grand Lodge with a bottle of a limited Masonic batch of Ararat, aged Armenian brandy.Regrettably, there appears to be an issue with the packaging of this fine, smooth apéritif, and this particular gift may not last to be placed among the archives of the Grand Lodge of DC.

These are just a few of the brothers, family, and friends who helped make the occasion a great success by their participation, assistance, and attendance. I thank all who joined us for an excellent weekend.

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James T. FeezellGRAND MASTER

Most Worshipful Brother James T. Feezell was raised a Master Mason in Dorchester Lodge No. 369, A.F.M., North Charleston, South Carolina, on October 22, 1985. He was the Charter Master of Fraternity Lodge No. 54, in 2001, and served as Master of Anacostia Lodge No. 21, in 2011 and 2012. He is an honorary member of Freedom Military Lodge No. 1775, and Maynilad Lodge No. 1521. He was coroneted an Inspector General Honorary in the Scottish Rite in 2013, and is the current Master of Mithras Lodge of Perfection in the Valley of Washington, Orient of the District of Columbia.

Jim is also a member of Keystone Royal Arch Chapter No. 58, and Charlottesville Commandery No. 3, Charlottesville, Virginia; Columbia Chapter No. 1, and Washington Commandery No. 1, District of Columbia; Saint Simeon Stylites Conclave, Order of the Red Cross of Constantine, District of Columbia; and the Royal Order of Scotland. Jim was awarded the Valentine Reintzel Medal for meritorious service to the jurisdiction in 2009, and Honorary Legion of Honor, Order of DeMolay in 2013. Jim was appointed Grand Marshal in 2007, by M.W.B. Robert B. Heyat, Grand Master,and elected Junior Grand Steward in 2008.

He was installed Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia, on December 14, 2013. M.W.B. Feezell lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife, Meredith Brinson Feezell, and their dogs, McIntosh and Ozzie.